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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forArianismThe doctrines of Arius, a native of Libya, who was borne soon after the middle of the third century, and became a presbyter in Alexandria in A.D. 313. The Arian Controversy started from a criticism by Arius of a discourse on the Trinity delivered by Alexander his bishop. The Bishop having explained that the unity in the Trinity consisted In an indivisible unity of substance or essence, "a certain one of the presbyters under his Suevi, and Lombards. It was through Arianism that these Teutonic tribes were introduced to Christianity. By the year 662, however, they had all passed over to the orthodox faith. See J. H. Newman, The Arians of the Fourth Century, new ed., 1891; H. M. Gwatkin, The Arlan Controversy, 1889; J. H. Blunt, Heresies, etc., 1903; Cath. Dict.; Chambers‘ Encycl.; and Brockhaus. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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